Dynamo Dynasty has a nice ring

Legendary Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear was stunned tonight when I pointed out that the Dynamo are in a conference final for the fifth time in seven years. That’s a pretty amazing run by the men in Orange, who showed their fighting spirit yet again Sunday night.

What does this say about your team, Dom? This year’s return to the final might even be the most impressive because the Dynamo are the fifth and last Eastern Conference seed. So far they’ve knocked off the fourth seeded Chicago Fire and the top-seeded Sporting K.C..

“Five conference finals in seven years?” he said. “Pretty remarkable. I didn’t know that. I don’t pay attention to that stuff really too much. The one thing that really impresses me, especially this year, to get to the conference final we knew it was going to be a tough road and it was going to be on the road.

“To go to Chicago (Oct. 31) to play (and earn a berth) to play Kansas City is kind of an unjust reward, but it is a reward. So now to get through to the conference final it’s impressive. It’s impressive. I didn’t know. It kind of takes me by surprise a little bit certainly because I don’t look too far back into the past.”

For those keeping score, the two-time MLS Cup champions and three-time finalists reached reached the Western Conference finals in 2006, 2007 and 2009. In only two seasons since they were moved to the Eastern Conference finals, the defending Eastern Conference champions are back in the Eastern Conference final for the second time.

“Five conference finals in seven years is something the team should be absolutely proud of and the coaching staff should be proud of,” Kinnear said. “Throughout the U.S., I don’t know if the Houston Dynamo get enough credit, but maybe we should.”

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In Dom We Trust. Quite a number of times he has come under criticism – and I admit to my share of it – but in the end it didn’t matter that we just made it in to the playoffs. He has shown consistently that regardless of what happens during the season, when they make the playoffs they become another team and one that can never be counted out. I can’t wait to go back to BBVA on Sunday and lay it all out for the Orange! Dale Dynamo!!

BBVA will be filled again! Forecast is for a beautiful Sunday afternoon now (before the cold front comes in) and DC United now has an 0-8-1 record in H=town. My only concern is Carr’s status. His speed would have been neutralized somewhat by Najar, but with the aging Robbie Russell out there, he could breakdown DC’s left side as he did so well against SKC’s Collin and feed beautiful crosses in the box that Kandji just never does (or Ashe for that matter). Any word on his status yet?